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Prof. (Dr.) Laknath Jayasinghe is Professor & Vice Dean (International) at JGBS. He is also Associate Director at JGU’s Centre for India Australia Studies (CIAS).
Australian born and raised, Laknath gained his PhD in consumer anthropology at the University of Melbourne after completing his MPhil research in cultural studies at the University of Queensland. He additionally holds a BBus degree (in marketing) from Queensland University of Technology and a BSc from the University of Melbourne.
Consulting career
Prior to his appointment at JGBS, Laknath was Research Director at 66south, a boutique research firm offering specialist qualitative consumer-brand insights to the healthcare sector in Australia; and he was also Research Manager at Ward6, Sydney, one of the Asia-Pacific’s leading advertising agencies serving the healthcare and medicines sector. He has been a R&D consultant in Melbourne to innovative and award-winning brand strategy firms such as Latitude Insights and Forethought Research. Before his research career, Laknath worked for several years as an advertising executive at the WPP-owned advertising media giants Zenithmedia (rebranded as Mediacom) and Mindshare.
Institution building
As an Australian working in Indian higher education, Laknath is passionate about internationalising higher education experiences. He is keen to further develop the bilateral partnership in education that exists between India and Australia, and he does this through his work at JGU’s CIAS and through his position as Vice Dean (International) at JGBS.
Laknath’s media commentary work has appeared in Australian marketing industry publications such as B&T and Marketing Magazine; in online public affairs portals such as New Matilda, and in leading international newspapers such as The Australian and The Age (Melbourne). His writing has also appeared in the iconic American literary monthly, Harper’s Magazine.
Away from his work, Laknath enjoys socialising over food, reading, and exercising. He ran his first full marathon in Melbourne at the age of 12 — and his second the year after. These days, he plays tennis, climbs stairs, and swims long distances.